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>> the goal is a stable afghanistan. a at peace with its neighbors that is not a haven for terrorism. that can take responsibility for its own security. and obviously we will be providing help and support for afghanistan. it's just for many years things like our international aid budget, through the training support we offered to the police and the armed forces of afghanistan, brought what we want to see an end to is the presence of combat, british combat troops in afghanistan and you know, we have's said by 2015 that is what we want to see. >> how long have you known david cameron. >> how long i have known david cameron. i first met him in the early 1990s. i was a junior researcher in politics. i got involved in politics and he was already quite well established in that world. >> as a what? >> as a-- he was working in the home office which was our security department. homeland security department. >> jim baker was a former political guy without also was secretary of the treasury before it became secretary of state. it w
>> the goal is a stable afghanistan. a at peace with its neighbors that is not a haven for terrorism. that can take responsibility for its own security. and obviously we will be providing help and support for afghanistan. it's just for many years things like our international aid budget, through the training support we offered to the police and the armed forces of afghanistan, brought what we want to see an end to is the presence of combat, british combat troops in afghanistan and you...
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forces sent into afghanistan by president obama were deployed last week. they're going to serve in eastern afghanistan, a remote region where the insurgency is very strong. this is a crucial test of mr. obama's surge strategy. our martha raddatz went to the front lines with the commanding general of american forces in that part of the country. >> reporter: for two days, we traveled with major general john campbell across vast stretches of countryside to some of the most remote and dangerous combat outposts in afghanistan. >> on top of the hill top is pakistan. they're hit with ten rounds of indirect fire yesterday. >> reporter: which is why, when we hit the landing zone, we are told to run. general campbell commands more than 30,000 soldiers, who see regular and sustained combat. some, just rushing back to reload when we arrive. it has been a bloody summer. when we visited general campbell in july, he had lost 27 soldiers. >> we've at least doubled what we had before. about 76 right now. >> reporter: so many soldiers that campbell can no longer carry the c
forces sent into afghanistan by president obama were deployed last week. they're going to serve in eastern afghanistan, a remote region where the insurgency is very strong. this is a crucial test of mr. obama's surge strategy. our martha raddatz went to the front lines with the commanding general of american forces in that part of the country. >> reporter: for two days, we traveled with major general john campbell across vast stretches of countryside to some of the most remote and...
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let the police -- we have a war in afghanistan. we have a flood in pakistan. he is inviting this government to second-guessed the police. i would think he would know better. >> hear, hear. >> duncan hames. >> thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday, a serving police officer was jailed for an appalling assault committed in a police station in my constituency. whilst i believe that we can draw confidence from the brave officer who blew the whistle, does the deputy agree that the -- it cannot be right that the offending officer continued on full pay for more than two years after the attack? sides of the house were deeply deeply shocked to see >> we are deeply shocked to see the pictures of the offense which was perpetrated by the police officer. i'm sure i share people's dismay that action was not taken more speedily. however stressful the conditions are under which police officers were, it is absolutely essential -- work, it is absolutely essential that they uphold the very high standards of their own conduct in whatever situation. that clearly was not the case here.
let the police -- we have a war in afghanistan. we have a flood in pakistan. he is inviting this government to second-guessed the police. i would think he would know better. >> hear, hear. >> duncan hames. >> thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday, a serving police officer was jailed for an appalling assault committed in a police station in my constituency. whilst i believe that we can draw confidence from the brave officer who blew the whistle, does the deputy agree that the -- it...
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and the taliban and then did up fighting with them in afghanistan and then more recently it was jihad jane the blond haired blue eyed convert who allegedly recruited people to wage violent jihad and for many american muslims like dodge and billings the portrayal of converts is disturbing if those upset me a little bit because there's a lot of preconceptions people have been until i actually took the time to open a koran and see what was written you know that was my only impression of islam as what i had seen on t.v. and in the united states they say a culture of islamophobia just doesn't make sense it's a rights of property. that's what this country was founded on no matter what unfolds around her billing says she's proud to be a muslim if no one in the world wants to talk to me and my friend i so are granted a happiness that might not make sense to those around her. reassure either party annandale virginia. and it's not just been a day of remembrance on the ninth anniversary of the nine eleven attacks they've been protests through with thousands demonstrating over the building a mosq
and the taliban and then did up fighting with them in afghanistan and then more recently it was jihad jane the blond haired blue eyed convert who allegedly recruited people to wage violent jihad and for many american muslims like dodge and billings the portrayal of converts is disturbing if those upset me a little bit because there's a lot of preconceptions people have been until i actually took the time to open a koran and see what was written you know that was my only impression of islam as...
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plan has not been carried out it's the muslim world and drew a strong rebuke from president obama in afghanistan to protest has died and four were injured in attempts to storm a local government office and three days of demonstrations against a threat to burn the koran muslim american activist ramadan says that since nine eleven islam has been misunderstood in the us. really with the shows in the most disturbing part about this debate is it's become in us to get them that is the most troubling aspect because we are all americans we're signing collective guilt on the one billion muslims the acts of nineteen militants that basically defiled islam and practiced a perverted version of islam for a political agenda and now to assign blame all muslims is completely incorrect and inaccurate but i think the great majority fear islam because they don't understand it. the anniversary of the nine eleven terror attack and rush in russia's republic of north to set excuse me once again bring international terrorism into focus and whether it can be stopped and you can have you also at our website r.t. dot com a
plan has not been carried out it's the muslim world and drew a strong rebuke from president obama in afghanistan to protest has died and four were injured in attempts to storm a local government office and three days of demonstrations against a threat to burn the koran muslim american activist ramadan says that since nine eleven islam has been misunderstood in the us. really with the shows in the most disturbing part about this debate is it's become in us to get them that is the most troubling...
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this is hearts and minds campaign that general petraeus is waging in afghanistan and elsewhere in pakistan and there are setbacks to it. reza, you wrote this as part of an mpr commentary at the end of the summer. the fear is that it may lead to the same kind of radicalization among muslim youth in the u.s. that we have seen in europe. are we in danger of proving al qaeda right? i'm a liberal progressive american muslim but when i see that bigotry against my faith, my very identity has become so common place in america that it is a wedge issue in the elections and i can barely control my anger. i can't imagine how the next generation of american muslim youth will react to provocations. what's behind this? >> part of it has to do with the controversy surrounding the islamic community center in lower manhattan. it is true that there are those that oppose the project because they do believe that it will disturb the sensitivities of some 9/11 victims, so i do want to remind everyone in this country we do not define our constitutional rights by how they disturb people's sensitivities. you only h
this is hearts and minds campaign that general petraeus is waging in afghanistan and elsewhere in pakistan and there are setbacks to it. reza, you wrote this as part of an mpr commentary at the end of the summer. the fear is that it may lead to the same kind of radicalization among muslim youth in the u.s. that we have seen in europe. are we in danger of proving al qaeda right? i'm a liberal progressive american muslim but when i see that bigotry against my faith, my very identity has become so...
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separately, two protesters in afghanistan were killed on sunday at anti-koran burning demonstrations. federal investigators in san bruno, california, asked for the public's help today in probing last week's natural gas pipeline explosion. they urged anyone who smelled gas beforehand to come forward. four people were killed and at least 60 others injured in thursday's explosion and fire. nearly 50 homes were destroyed, and dozens more were damaged. meanwhile, a 28-foot section of the pipeline was readied for shipment to a federal lab in washington today. hard-pressed firefighters in colorado have a new wildfire to worry about. it broke out sunday, near loveland. that is about 35 miles north of the blaze that destroyed nearly 170 homes near boulder last week. the loveland fire quickly destroyed two homes. helicopters and air tankers that were fighting the boulder fire were shifted to battle the new threat. a spokesman for the larimer county sheriff's office said today's weather conditions will help. >> we need to control it today. and assuming that our weather holds like it is and we ca
separately, two protesters in afghanistan were killed on sunday at anti-koran burning demonstrations. federal investigators in san bruno, california, asked for the public's help today in probing last week's natural gas pipeline explosion. they urged anyone who smelled gas beforehand to come forward. four people were killed and at least 60 others injured in thursday's explosion and fire. nearly 50 homes were destroyed, and dozens more were damaged. meanwhile, a 28-foot section of the pipeline...
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whether afghanistan can sustain that eventually, i do not know. i suspect that the international committee will have to support that for dot a few years to come. the good news in iraq is that they have the ability to sustain that. the problem in iraq is that they have certain logistics issues, aerospace and the like. -- aerospace and the like. -- airspace and the like. there is about tee or >> this c-span network. all available to you on television, radio, online, and social media sites. we take c-span on the road with our digital content vehicle, bringing resources to your community. the c-span network is made available to more than 100,000 -- 100 million homes. >> president obama met with fairfax, virginia, residents today. at one. obama said he hopes the democrats and republicans can work on legislation after the midterm elections. this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you so much for being here. i want to give a special thanks to some individuals. i am grateful for their hospitality. they have a wonderful family and for them to open up the
whether afghanistan can sustain that eventually, i do not know. i suspect that the international committee will have to support that for dot a few years to come. the good news in iraq is that they have the ability to sustain that. the problem in iraq is that they have certain logistics issues, aerospace and the like. -- aerospace and the like. -- airspace and the like. there is about tee or >> this c-span network. all available to you on television, radio, online, and social media sites....
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or five top people in the news organizations, that wouldn't keep the kid with the cell phone -- >> afghanistan is responding. >> overseas there is no sense that there's freedom of press, a first amendment, the president of the united states can't order this man off the stage. cruyff when you saw to allamakee, doesn't he get it? >> no. chris: david, don't they get the fact that the president of the united states, there's a hell of a lot of freedom in this country. >> that's precisely what they don't get. >> a president of iraq would never come out and say -- >> because around the world if a president is unhappy about something it stops. i think they had to show that was the case here. to the point that dan was making, our ability to act as a gatekeeper in the big media networks, it's over. this is a viral world. this got around not because the big press churned it because -- but because it went out on the internet. >> i agree but however, we do have a responsibility -- we can do a better job of putting in perspective, putting into context, raising the question about what is and what's not pate
or five top people in the news organizations, that wouldn't keep the kid with the cell phone -- >> afghanistan is responding. >> overseas there is no sense that there's freedom of press, a first amendment, the president of the united states can't order this man off the stage. cruyff when you saw to allamakee, doesn't he get it? >> no. chris: david, don't they get the fact that the president of the united states, there's a hell of a lot of freedom in this country. >>...
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whether afghanistan can sustain that eventually, i do not know. i suspect that the international committee will have to support that for dot a few years to come. the good news in iraq is that they have the ability to sustain that. the problem in iraq is that they have certain logistics issues, aerospace and the like. -- aerospace and the like. -- airspace and the like. there is about three or $4 billion of that would round out what they need between now and when our troops depart. host: thank you so much for being with us this morning. coming up next, we will talk about medical malpractice liability costs with michelle mello. >> is 9:14 a.m. eastern time. an update on john vader's remarks yesterday saying that he would rather -- john boehner's remarks as it is saying that he would rather partially extend the bush tax cuts than none, in response to that was that "continued tax cut for the rich does not make any sense." a federal judge in louisiana was impeached unanimously in the house on corruption charges. it to third sentence -- a two- thirds ma
whether afghanistan can sustain that eventually, i do not know. i suspect that the international committee will have to support that for dot a few years to come. the good news in iraq is that they have the ability to sustain that. the problem in iraq is that they have certain logistics issues, aerospace and the like. -- aerospace and the like. -- airspace and the like. there is about three or $4 billion of that would round out what they need between now and when our troops depart. host: thank...
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you see these large numbers of private military contractors in afghanistan. who fall outside. of the norm international law governing. so the question arises legitimately should do more than state. yet is a new development with regard to the conduct of war. relation where you quote these large numbers of people. who are free. some kind of private enterprise if. they wish the kind of mess and that it force. the possibility of the modern state to govern now which. i think the questions are legitimate and i think it's a good thing that you could get many people from different countries with their food different experience. to say well what what what's the answer to all this question if we talk about for example. experience south africa. institutional democracy in south africa. do you believe there's. some relations between. experience of democracy africa and other countries in africa the function of which can be useful for other countries for example. i'm quite sure that there would be i mean. i think. it's important and there are some things which are. and which i think would be
you see these large numbers of private military contractors in afghanistan. who fall outside. of the norm international law governing. so the question arises legitimately should do more than state. yet is a new development with regard to the conduct of war. relation where you quote these large numbers of people. who are free. some kind of private enterprise if. they wish the kind of mess and that it force. the possibility of the modern state to govern now which. i think the questions are...
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that is true in chicago and is also true in afghanistan. >> where do you put yourself now on the political spectrum, or how do you define your own views? >> i have a reputation of being a howling liberal, which is not true. i will confess that the first person i ever voted for was quite eisenhower. dwight eisenhower. in fact, in 1960, i almost got saul to vote for nixon. >> why? >> because i got suckered by nixon. i listened to what was being said in the campaign, and if you listened to the campaign, john kennedy was the bellicose one who was going to take us to war, and nixon was the voice of reason. and i bought it. i got him halfway there, but saul said i was crazy. >> you have done some work for cato? >> yes, because i have that streak in me. that streak is each of government, bringing government and decisionmaking to the lowest possible level that you practically can. it does not mean using these ideas as a way to hide from hard facts. a hard fact was the condition of african-americans in america. if people have a concerted cast -- of a conservative cast of mind said that does not mat
that is true in chicago and is also true in afghanistan. >> where do you put yourself now on the political spectrum, or how do you define your own views? >> i have a reputation of being a howling liberal, which is not true. i will confess that the first person i ever voted for was quite eisenhower. dwight eisenhower. in fact, in 1960, i almost got saul to vote for nixon. >> why? >> because i got suckered by nixon. i listened to what was being said in the campaign, and if...
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i can tell you with our troops serving in afghanistan, we need to know that they are behind -- they need to know that we are behind them. we need to make sure that americans are protected. we will do that when we are cooperating with our allies and working with other countries, but if we have to act unilaterally, we must have the fortitude to do so to protect america. >> thank you. mr. binnie. >> the first duty is to protect the citizens of the united states of america. this is a real fact of life. sadly, and may even affect our children. it is a real fat. we should be determined and honest with our citizens about the threats and dangers. if al qaeda is in a host country, we need to work diligently with those opposed countries to make sure that they are not a threat to america. we have to be careful to keep all of the options on the table, and as the united states senator, i would do that. the firm and determined and make sure that we do the best job that we can, the absolute best job we can, with giving the right tools to our military to make sure that this threat of terrorism is contai
i can tell you with our troops serving in afghanistan, we need to know that they are behind -- they need to know that we are behind them. we need to make sure that americans are protected. we will do that when we are cooperating with our allies and working with other countries, but if we have to act unilaterally, we must have the fortitude to do so to protect america. >> thank you. mr. binnie. >> the first duty is to protect the citizens of the united states of america. this is a...
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civilians in pakistan and afghanistan in certain pockets cannot operate, so it may make sense as part of the war effort to distribute funds to the municipal government, to try to build some things, to try to win hearts and minds. but that is really part of the war effort, and also let's not kid ourselves, it will probably not do much to help poor people. it may help to win the war, but if you're trying to help poor people, doing that kind of win hearts and minds stuff in the middle of a war is not going to do as much as investing in poor farmers in a country that is at peace. though the on the situations where it really makes sense for the military to operate humanitarian programs. also, when there is a huge natural disaster, something like the tsunami, the military has more logistical capacity to get to people on the other side of the world than any other institution in our society. so i am grateful for what they did in the tsunami and the haiti earthquake, to get supplies and do some of that emergency work in the first couple of weeks. for the long haul, secretary gates agrees that
civilians in pakistan and afghanistan in certain pockets cannot operate, so it may make sense as part of the war effort to distribute funds to the municipal government, to try to build some things, to try to win hearts and minds. but that is really part of the war effort, and also let's not kid ourselves, it will probably not do much to help poor people. it may help to win the war, but if you're trying to help poor people, doing that kind of win hearts and minds stuff in the middle of a war is...